A FINE AND UNUSUAL INCISED WHITE-GLAZED BOWL

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A FINE AND UNUSUAL INCISED WHITE-GLAZED BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The rounded sides flaring slightly at the rim and incised on the exterior with a frieze of undulating lotus scroll within double line borders above a narrow band of ruyi heads, the center of the interior with a medallion of a fruiting peach branch, raised on a slightly tapering stem foot encircled by an incised line, all under a white glaze with a very faint blue-green tint
5¾ in. (14.6 cm) diam., wood stand

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 15 June 1983, lot 326.

Lot Essay

White wares were popular in the Kangxi period, and were usually decorated with subtle incised decoration, as seen on the present vase. Compare a stem bowl with a design of the eight Buddhist emblems, illustrated in Chinese Art from The Newark Museum, China Institute in America, New York, 1980, p. 53, no. 31.

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